Northern Ireland’s push for fiscal control A deal to resolve the political debate over Northern Ireland’s corporate tax autonomy has been announced, which will lead to a 12.5% Northern Irish corporate tax rate from April 2018. By Amelia Schwanke November 26 2015
Praxity appoints new chairman Hilton Saven will be made chairman of Praxity, the world’s largest alliance of independent accounting firms, from January 1 2016. By Amelia Schwanke November 26 2015
Brian Kniesly made tax partner at New York firm New York firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has taken on Brian Kniesly as tax partner for its tax practice group. By Amelia Schwanke November 20 2015
Jeffrey Schwarcz made director at Taxand US Alvarez & Marsal Taxand has announced the appointment of Jeffrey Schwarcz to senior director at the firm’s tax practice in New York. By Amelia Schwanke November 20 2015
GST to be enforced on e-commerce in New Zealand New Zealand’s November Taxation Bill has introduced a draft law which will impose GST on digital goods and services from October 1 2016. By Amelia Schwanke & Joe Stanley-Smith November 20 2015
The battle over Taiwan’s capital gains levy ends The legislative Yuan (parliamentary branch of government) in Taiwan has passed an amendment to abolish the yet-to-be-implemented capital gains tax on stock investments. By Amelia Schwanke November 20 2015
China: Export services to be exempt from VAT The Chinese Ministry of Finance (MOF) and the State Administration of Taxation (SAT) have jointly released a new Bill, Circular Caishui Notice 118, which covers the application of the zero... By Amelia Schwanke November 17 2015
New Delhi government open to out-of-court settlements The New Delhi government has initiated arbitration processes for the Vodafone and Cairn Energy tax disputes, and has indicated it is not opposed to reaching settlement out-of-court. By Amelia Schwanke November 17 2015
Baker Botts appoints Keri Brown to partner Baker Botts’s has promoted Keri Brown from senior associate to partner in the tax practice of its Houston office. By Amelia Schwanke November 16 2015
OneE Group gains senior tax disputes consultant Gary Cryer has joined UK tax advisory firm OneE Group’s tax disputes and investigations division as senior tax consultant. By Amelia Schwanke November 13 2015
